Prof. Dr. Ick-Hyun Jo is a Professor at the Department of Crop Science and Biotechnology, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea. From 2011 to 2013, his field of study focused on plant molecular biology, and he worked at Chungbuk National University. In 2013, he moved to Rural Development Administration and was promoted to Researcher. His research interests primarily focus on genetics, transcriptomics, metagenomics, abiotic stress in plants, molecular breeding, marker-aided selection, and ginseng.